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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






2. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






3. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






4. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






5. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






6. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






7. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






8. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






9. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






10. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






11. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






12. Known for his glass sculpture






13. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






14. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






15. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






16. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






17. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






18. Pale green






19. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






20. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






21. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






22. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






23. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






24. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






25. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






26. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






27. Where the revolving door was fully developed






28. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






29. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






30. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






31. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






32. Technique of shading using dots to control value






33. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






34. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






35. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






36. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






37. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






38. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






39. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






40. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






41. Application of potassium sulphide






42. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






43. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






44. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






45. The amount of light reflected by a hue






46. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






47. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






48. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






49. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






50. Something that supports a sculpture